Films on Hunger

Seeds of plenty
Director: Manjira Datta
Duration: 52 mnts
Language: English and Hindi with Hindi Subtitles

The film warns us against the problem of biotechnology strategies in terms of trade, intellectual property rights and power relations in a globalised world.

Why are Warrangal farmers angry with Bt cotton?
Director: The Deccan Development Society’s Community Media Trust
Duration: 24 mnts
Language: Telugu with English subtitles

It documents the traumatic 2002-2003 season for Bt cotton farmers of Andhra Pradesh, a southern state of India.

Mobile biodiversity festival 2002
Director: Vijendra Patil
Duration: 13 mnts
Language: Telugu with English subtitles

On January 2000 the Deccan Development Society (DDS) embark on a unique conservation and cultural campaign called the Mobile biodiversity festival. It has become an icon in the South Asian region and illustrates what the communities can do to reflect the rich agricultural diversity of their region in a celebratory fashion.

Meals Ready
Director: Surajit Sarkar and Vani Subramanian
Duration: 46 mnts
Language: English, Hindi, Tamil with English subtitles

Meals ready examines the market of south India’s most important food grain - rice. It explores the town of Walajabad in Tamil Nadu and finds that the unequal bargaining power of the growers, financiers and buyers of rice has a direct link with the divides of power and privilege that cut across rural Tamil society.

Harvesting Hunger
Director: Krishnendu Bose
Duration: 53 mnts
Language: English

Harvesting hunger is a journey into an impending world of hunger and famine, an exploration of the deepening crisis in food security in the country.

Hunger in the times of plenty
Director: Sagari Chhabra
Duration: 30 mnts
Language: Hindi, Oriya, Rajasthani with English subtitles

This film is a personal journey to find out weather there actually are starvation deaths in the time of surplus food stock in the country.